Named
on May 21st, 1942 the HMCS BROCKVILLE was a 590-ton
Bangor Class diesel minesweeper. HMCS BROCKVILLE,
pennant J-270, was equipped with one 12-pounder gun,
close-range anti-aircraft weapons and depth-charges
for use against submarines; she carried six officers
and 55 ratings. BROCKVILLE spent her wartime career
escorting merchant ships in the North Atlantic where,
German U-boats were a threat to Britain’s lines of
supply. She was first commissioned on September 19,
1942 and made her last run as a convoy escort in May
of 1945. After the war she was taken over by the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police and renamed MACLEOD. In April
of 1951 she became a coastal escort under the name
of BROCKVILLE. She was sold in 1961 to J. A. L. Steamships
of Wallaceburg, Ontario. |
